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PUMP. No. 373,903. Patented Nov. 29, 1887.

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N. PETERS. Pholo'Lithogmpher, Washington. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT ,FFICE.

ORLANDER F. PAYNE AND JOHN G. KRISHER, OF ABILENE, KANSAS.

PUMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,903, dated November29, 1887.

' Application filed February 9, 1887. Serial No. 227,036. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ORLANDER F. PAYNE and JOHN G. KRIsHER, of Abilene,in the county of Dickinson and State of Kansas, have invented a new andImproved Pump, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to pumps, the object of the invention being toprovide a doubleacting pump and one wherein the momentum of a pendulousbody may be utilized to aid in the raising of the water.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in'which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side View of the upper portion ofour improved pump. Fig. 2is an edge view of the same. Fig.3 is an enlarged central sectional Viewof the lower portion of the. pump in which thetwo plungerchambersareformed. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken upon a linecorresponding with the line as m of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional viewtaken upon a line corresponding with the line y y of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6is a detail View of the head-block, the lower portion of the block andthe upper portion of thetube forming the air-chamber being shown insection, the view being taken upon a line corresponding-with line 2 z ofFig. 2.

In constructing such a pump as the one illustrated in the drawings abovereferred to we provide two suction-chambers, 10 and 11, that areconnected to a doubly-apertured couplingpiece, 12, ballvalves 13 beingarranged as shown in Fig. 3. The main suction-pipe is connected tothelowerportion of the coupling 12, this pipe being shown at 14, andbeing arranged to extend downward within the water that is to be raisedby the action of the pump.

Within the chambers 10 and 11 there are mounted plungers 15, that areprovided with flap-valves 16, and connected by rods 17 with awalking-beam, 18, the rods 17 passing from the chambers 10 and 11through stuffing-boxes 19, that are carried by an upper coupling, 20, adischarge-pipe, 21, being connected to said coupling 20 and arranged toextend upward to a coupling, 22, which is tapped to receive adischarge-nozzle, 23, an upwardly-extending tube, 24, being connected tothe coupling 22 5 and this tube 24 serves as the support for ahead-block, 25, and as an air-chamber.

The head-block 25 is formed with a deep central slot, 2, and withtransverse slots 3, the lower ends of which are rounded, as shown inFig. 6, the shaft 26 of the walking-beam 18, resting within saidroundedportions,beingheld in place by retaining-blocks 27, that areinserted within the recesses 3, and held to place by pins or bolts 28.That section of the shaft 26 upon which the walking-beam 18 is seated issquared or irregularly formed, and one of the projecting ends of thisshaft is also squared to receive a spider, 30.

To the downwardly-extending arm of the spider 30 there is secured alever, 31, which carries a weight, 32, and is provided with a handle,33, while to the upwardlyextending arm of the spider 30 there is secureda counterbalance, 34. The side arms of thespider carry short levenarms36, that are formed with apertures 4, by means of which connection maybe established with a connecting-rod leading from the crank-shaft of anyproper form of motorsuch, for instance, as a windmill.

In operation, if the pump is to be operated by hand, the handle 33 ofthelever 31 is grasped and said lever is reciprocated, thus rocking thewalkingbeam 18 and alternately raising and lowering the plungers 15,which plungers move in opposite directions. As the plungers are soreciprocated, the air within the tube 24 will be compressed, and willact to force the water out of the nozzle 23 under a high pressure, sothat the pump may be used for the purpose of extinguishing fires, or forany other purpose for which a force-pump is adapted.

It will of course be understood that the same rocking motion would beimparted to the walking-beam 18 if either one'of the leverarms 36 wereconnected, as hereinbefore described, with a crank-shaft of any properform of motor. It will be seen that the momentum of the pendulous lever31 will materially aid the pumping action.

In order that the pump may be set at such depth as may be requirednveprovide a sustaining-plate, 40, through which the tube 24 and theconnecting-rod 17 pass, proper apertures being formed in said plate topermit of such passage'of the parts named, and this plate 40 is providedwith a set-screw, 41, which may he turned to clamp the pipe 21 in suchposition as may he required.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In a pump, the combination, with theplungers 15 and their cylinders, of a pipe extending up from theplunger-cylinders and provided with a. head-block at its upper end, ashaft journaled in the said block, a walkingbeam on the shaft,connections between the walking-beam and plungers, a four-armed lever onthe projecting end of the said shaft, and weights on the upwardly anddownwardly extending arms of the said lever, substantially as hereinshown and described.

2. In a pump, the combination of the cylinders 10 11, the pipe 21, thecoupling 22,

provided with nozzle 23, the pipe 24, project- 2:)

weights 32 and 84, and the levers 36, snbstan- 25 tially as herein shownand described.

ORLANDER F. PAYNE. JOHN G. KRISHER.

\Vitnesses:

O. O. BILLING, Jr., W. S. HARLEY.

